The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1961 Page: 4 of 10
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Page 4 _ NEWS — Mathis, Texas, Thurs. Morning, Sept. 28, 1961
Pirates Stop Banquete
For Third Win 16 to 0
In a rough, injury filled foot-
ball game at Banquete Friday
might the Pirates slapped the
Class B Bulldogs with a 16-0 de-
feat before a large following of
Mathis fans.
Mathis received the opening
kick and only four plays later
Dicky Greenwood, left half,
broke through the line and raced
64 yards for a touchdown. Hen-
ry Williams, right half, took a
pitch-out from Bob Jennings;
quarterback, and swept wide
around left end for a two-point
conversion.
The other touchdown came on
the last play of the third quarter
when Jennings scored from the
one-yard line on a keeper. This
score was set up by a punt
blocked on the Banquete 21 by
Bobby Bauch and recovered for
the Pirates by Ricky Brown on
the one. After the touchdown the
do-anything-man for the Pirates,
Bauch, attempted to place kick
for the conversion. Greenwood,
trying to place the ball on the
kicking tee, fumbled and pitched
the ball up to Bauch who ran
around right end for two points.
The Pirates started the game
without the services of two reg-
ulars — W. A. Henderson, left
half, who sat: out the game on
doctor’s orders after he received
a bump on the head in the last
game, and Gilbert Garcia, cen-
ter, who suffered a knee injury
in the first game that has not
healed.
Before the game was over Pi-
rate fans painfully watched
Dewey Smith, center, leave the
game with a broken arm, Bill
Adams, star fullback, carried
off on a stretcher, and Green-
wood come out in the fourth
quarter with a cut over his
right eye. Mathis still managed
to win their third game in a row.
Next week, however, they face
Bloomington. here in the game
that could decide the champion-
ship of District 31-A.
Smith was injured shortly af-
ter the fitrst touchdown and
Brown came in as center. The
Pirates had the ball on their
own eight. On first, second and
third down the Pirates fumbled
and Banquete finally grabbed it
on the five.
It was a big break for the
Bulldogs but the Pirate defense'
stiffened. J. Willoughby hit the
center of the line on first for
I the Bulldogs but was stopped
| for no gain. On second David
| Bailey tried right end but he too
was stopped at 1he line. On
third Willoughby went to the
left but was downed hard by
Charles Knolle and Williams. It
was Bailey again on fourth, this
time up the middle for three,
but not enough for the score-
Bailey left the game on this play
limping and unofficial reports
say he suffered a broken leg. '
The Pirates marched from
their two all the way to the Bull-
dogs 18-yard line before a 15-
yard penalty killed the drive.
Adams led the 80-yard attack-
making three first downs, in-
cluding a power drive over his
own left tackle that left a furrow
through the Bulldog defense
from the Pirate 44 to the Bam
quete 37. Mathis drove to the
Bulldog 18 and had a third down
with only one yard needed for
the first when they drew the
holding penalty that moved them
back to the 34-yard. line. Two
incomplete passes and a fumble
ended the drive.
The Bulldogs bounced back
driving out to their own 49-
Willughby kept trying to get a
BAUCH SURPRISES BULL-
DOGS — Bobby Bauch, with
ball, surprised the Banquete
Bulldogs this week and he
even surprised himself when he
ran for a two-point conversion
when he was supposed to kick
it. It all happened when Dicky
Greenwood fumbled the center
but quickly pitched the ball up
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to Bauch who could not do any-
thing' else but run with it.
—Photo by Al Flury
passing attack started for Ban-
quete but Frank Dehnisch sould
not be stopped by the Bulldog
blockers and he stopped Will-
oughby behind the line twice and
with the help of Adams batted
down a pass. Banquete punted
and the Pirates began another
drive but time ran out in the
first half.
Mathis held an 8-0 advantage
at the half but they were not
looking like the same team that
had downed Taft and Orange
Grove.
Mathis kicked to open the sec-
FOOTBALL
Mathis vs Bloomington
8 p.m. Friday In Mathis
THE OPENING GAME OF DISTRICT 31-A
SEASON RECORDS
Pirates
Bishop 34 - Mathis 6
Mathis 12-Taft 6
Mathis 21 - Orange Grove 0
Mathis 16 - Banquet 0
Bobcats
Ganado 15 - Bloomington 12
OPEN
Bloomington - Industrial
(canceled)
Bloomington 24 - St. Joseph 0
^ The Following Businesses Invite You To The Game ^
Johnny Burk Tractor Service
Koepsel Humble Ser. Sta.
D & W Feed & Seed
Mathis Laundry & Cleaners
Sutherland Store
City Lumber Company
Mussman Texaco Station
Russek's Cleaners
Mathis Feed & Seed Co.
Mathis Builders Supply
# Gregory's Humble Ser. Sta.
Mathis Equipment Company
Mathis Reynolds Sales Co.
Mathis Grain & Elevator Corp.
ond half but recovered a Bull-
dog fumble on the Bulldog 34 on
the first play from scrimmage.
Two plays later Adams came
charging across left tackle on
his favorite play and four yards
passed the line of scrimmage he
crashed full force into Bobby
Forman, Banquete center. As
the tacklers cleared Adams hes-
itated to get up. Then he rose
to a sitting position and col-
lapsed.
There was not a doctor at the
game and there are no doctors
in Banquete so Adams was'’tak-
en to the hospital in Robstbwn.
He was reported to be in good
condition and apparently suffer-
ing from a pinched nerve.
On the play Adams had fum-
bled and Banquete covered but
a few plays later the Bulldogs
returned the favor.
With Bobby Buck running full-
back Mathis moved to the Ban-
quete 34, where again a 15-yard
penalty killed the drive. Jen-
nings, punting for Mathis, put
the ball on the Banquete 22.
Mathis held the Bulldogs there
until fourth down. Willoughby
went back to punt but Bauch
charged in and blocked the kick
and sent the ball spinning back
toward the goal oine. Several
men tried to grab it and finally
Ricky Brown got control of the
pigskin on the one forMathis.
On the next play Jennings
went through the middle. For the
conversion Bauch planned to
place kick it but ended up run-
ning around end for the two
points. This ended the third
quarter 16-0 in favor of the Pi-
rates. t
After the kick Banquete mov-
ed to the Mathis 49. From there
Willoughby threw a short pass
to Terry Bolyue on the 42 and
Bolyue carried it on down to
the Mathis 29 before Jennings
hauled him in. Banquete ran ro
the 24 and then on second down
Southwest
Sports
Preview
After one week of Sduthwest
Conference pigskin action it
looks like • the most interesting
season in many a moon is shap-
ing up - or do we say that
every year. If we don’t I guess
we should, because football in
the Southwest Conference is al-
ways interesting and this looks
like another of those rip-roaying?
years when everybody has* a
team.
At this point it looks like
Rice will end up on top of the
pilf Avith Baylor almost nudging
them off. Behind Baylor will be
either Texas or A & M — who-
ever wins Turkey Day. Arkan-
sas, who before this last game
was rated high in our books,
now looks like a fifth place win-
ner. T.C.U. is our pick to be
behind the Razorbacks with Tex-
as Tech next and S.M.U. bring-
ing up the behind.
The feature attraction this
week will be the first confer-
ence game of the year - Texas
vs. Texas Tech. The Red Raid-
ers are riding on the shoulders
of Coolidge Hunt, 195-pound full-
back, but his shoulders are not
wide enough to carry them past
the Longhorns this year. Texas
looked bad last week but they
still managed to come out on
top in the scoring column, which
is one of their bad habits.
Texas 21 — Texas Tech 7
Everybody will have their
eyes on the powerful Owls this
Saturday when' they meet Geor-
gia Tech. Billy Cox tossed two
touchdown passes last week and
that is only a very small sam-
ple of things to come. “This is
Rice’s year’’ - everybody is
saying it, including Jess Neely
who just never’says such things|
Rice 30 — Georgia Tech 13
The Golden Bears of Bayloi
face Pittsburgh this week it
what should be another easy vie
tory. Last week was only a ligh
work-out for the Bears as thej
blasted Wake Forest 31-0.
Baylor 24 — Pittsburgh 8
A & M tavels to Baton Rougtj
Saturday to take on the DS.Uj
Tigers who were downeefl hi
Rice 16-3 last week. The Tig^
will be wanting to get revengVj
on a Southwest Conference schl
ool but they had better watcl
the Cadets, Last Saturday’s til
against Houston was not a ppf
view — just a warm-up.
Texas A & M 16 — L. S. U, 14
Oh! did the Ole Miss Rebel
take the wind out of he Arkr *
sas sails. The Razorbacks, y
real good team, looked lij
school boys against ivfissis’sil'J
The Razorbacks are not tha
bad, Ole Miss is just that good
The shoe will be on the Jbt|je*
foot this week, however, for Ar
kansas, They should handle Tul
sa with ease-
Arkansas 16 — Tulsa 0 T
One game the Conference ma;,
well lose this week-end is the
T. C.U.-Ohio State clash. Ohic
State is still rebuilding but the>
are just a little better built thar
the Horned Frogs. Playing ir
Columbus, Ohio gives them ev-
en a better advantage.
Ohio State 14 — T. C. U. 6
The only other game we can
see that the conference will lose
is the S.M.U. - U-S.C. battle ir
Los Angeles. This is a Friday
night game and a black Fri^y
it will be for the Ponies.
U. S. C. 14 — S. M. U. 0
31-A Roundup
Colallen, Mathis Lead
In Non-District Games
As non-district action comes „ as it is we can only gue
ran over St. Joseph Of Victoria
tried another pass but. .GregrH %;24-Q,: but, lost their first game to
wood snagged it "on the^AO -'a’hd
brought it back to the Pirate at..
. .Although it was a victory yin
the scoring column for the Pi-
rates it could prove to be the
most costly game of theseason.
STATISTICS
Mathis
Banquete
12
First Downs
8
215
Yards Rushing
94
2
Passes Attempted
3
0
Passes Completed
1
0 ,
Yards Passing
20
1
Intercepted by
0
2-53
Punting
3-65
6
Fumbles
4
2
Fumbles Lost
3
6-70
Penalties
3-25
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Mathis
Rushing Passing
10-94
Greenwood
0
11-77
Adams
V 0
6-19
Buck
0
7-18
Jennings
2-0
8-7
Williams
0
42-215
Totals
2-0
Banquete
14-47
Willoughby
3-20
11-26
B. Pyle
0
1-9
C. Pyle
0
1-9
Bolyue
0
4-3
Bailey
0
31-94
Totals
3-20
r ” ;rw
Pirates Open
District With
Blootnington
The championship of District
31-A could well be decided this
Friday night when the Pirates
host the Bloomington Bobcats.
Mathis will be entering district
play with three wins and one
loss while the Bobcats have won
one and lost one.
The big problem facing Coach
Bob Mickler of the Pirates is
the task of fielding enough ex-
perienced players. He has been
plagued by injuries all year and
the devastation reached its peak
last Friday when four players
were injured. Dewey Smith, cen-
ter, was the only one seriously
injured and he suffered a bro-
ken arm and will be out for the
season. Gilbert Garcia, the cen-
ter who started the season is al-
ready with a knee injury.
close and the school boys get
dow«t;5|b; serious football in Dis-
trict -31-A the standings are al-
most exactly in reverse to how
the pre-season predictors picked
the teams to finish the season.
As a whole the district has
faired well against outsiders,
winning 14, losing 8 and tying
only 1. The much bragged about
Ingleside Mustangs and their
highly rated tackle, Goff, have
yet to win their first game of
the season. They were stomped
in their opener by College Acad-
emy, tied by Flour Bluff and
edged by Bishop.
Bloomington is next to the bot-
tom in the standings with a one
and one record. Last week they
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CalaHI
highly rated Ganado 15-12. A
Scheduled game with Industrial
High of Vanderbilt was cancel-
ed'. If'this game had been play-
ed it would have revealed what
the Bobcats are really made of,
Bowling Teams
From Here
Two teams from Mathis have
joined the “Guys and Dolls”
bowling league in Beeville. The
league has a total of eight feanr
There are two couples to a team.
Members of Team 6 from Ma-
this are Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Sharpe and Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Webb and Mr. and Mrs. Erich
Bauch are the members of Tea
2.\ . .
. The league bowling is schedul-
ed for Friday night of each
week and though the. teams
aren’t predicting what the out-
come will be, the members a
quick to say that bowling is a-
lot of fun.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Dieringer
of George West, have spent part
of their two week vacation with
their parents and other relati-
ves.
uess butI
the Bloomington boys look likej
the favorites with Mathis.
Mathis stands second in non-J
district action behind Calallen-I
The Pirates have won three and!
lost one, while the Wildcats have!
won four and lost none. Thef
Wildcats, however, have
played Class B schools and
San Diego while the Pirates-
met Class AA favorites B “
and Taft. This week
edged Orange Grove by
touchdown, while the week be#
fore Mathis pounded . Orange
Grovq 2T - 0- The only loss suf-
fered by the Pirates was against
Bishop when they played without
starting quarterback, Bob Jen-
nings, and right half, Dicky
Greenwood.
If the Pirates can field a full
team this Friday and stop
Bloomington they may be in the
driver's seat the rest of the sea-
son. It will not mean they have
the district won but it will defr*
initely make them the team
beat. . -yy
Behind the Pirates in nort-dis
trict competition are the Greg
ory-Portland Wildcats. Gregory*
Portland first lost to Taft by one
touchdown and then bounced
back to beat Flour Bluff 8-0 and
Odem 36-0. Ingleside, the pre-
se&son favorite could only man-
-age- a tie with Flour Bluff-,
: Woodsboro and Rockport are
tied for fourth place with 2-2
records. Woodsboro lost to twe
of the biggest power houses in
South Texas,.- George West anc
Pettus. In their other two games
however, they smeared San Die
,go 30-0 and edged Yorktown 15
6. ~
Rockport stopped Flour Bluf
in their first game 12-6. Th
next week they were surprise*
by Agua Dulce 26-6. They turnec
around and blasted Banquet*
30-6 and then lost to Indusfri^
30-0.
From here It looks like MatiJ
is and Bloomington out fror
with all the rest close on the!
heels. There is not one team
the district that will be a pusj
over.
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